Rose Valley Historic District
- Vicinity: Roughly bounded by Ridley Creek, Woodward Rd, Providence and Brookhaven Rds and Todmorden Ln within Rose Valley Borough
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1695/00/00 | Bishop White House is built c 1695, 6 Old Mill Ln | |||||
1793/08/00 | Rev Dr William White | Vocation | Bishop White sends his family to their home on Old Mill Ln to avoid Yellow Fever, but he himself stays in Philadelphia to minister to the suffering. | 1793 Yellow Fever Epidemic | ||
1901/07/00 | William Lightfoot Price | Owner | William Price buys land in Rose Valley to establish a utopian community of craftsmen who could create furniture, pottery and literature, production lasted till 1907. |
Place | AsNotedIn | Type |
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Place | AsNotedIn | Type |
Thunderbird Lodge |
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Particulars for Rose Valley Historic District: | |
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Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Area of Significance | Community Planning and Development |
Architectural Style | Georgian Architecture |
Architectural Style | Gothic Revival |
Historic Use | Government Office |
Sight Category | Historic District |
Criteria | Historic Event |
Historic Use | Meeting hall |
Criteria | Person |
Owner | Private |
Historic Use | Religious Property |
Historic Use | School |
Historic Use | Secondary structure |
Historic Use | Single dwelling |
Area of Significance | Theatre |
Social Attribute | Utopia |
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